Taiwan Detects Chinese Navy, Coast Guard Ships in Surrounding Seas

The Taiwanese defense ministry is publicly tracking China's coast guard for the first time.

Taiwan's defense ministry on Wednesday said it was monitoring the movements of seven Chinese navy ships around the island, in addition to four vessels from China's coast guard, the first time Beijing's powerful maritime law enforcement agency has been mentioned in Taipei's daily reports.Taiwan's armed forces deployed naval vessels and 'coastal missile systems' in response, the ministry said on its website, which reports foreign military activity up to 6 a.m.

Since February, a new confrontation has been brewing in Taiwan's front-line Kinmen islands, just off China's east coast, where two Chinese fishermen died in a capsized speedboat while being pursued by Taiwan's coast guard over an alleged maritime intrusion.

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